The Department of Finance (Canada) (Finance) has released revised draft legislation on the proposed rules regarding excessive interest and financing expenses limitation (EIFEL). The revised draft legislation, released on...more
The European Commission (the "Commission") published a draft Directive on 22 December 2021, known as the anti-tax avoidance Directive III ("ATAD III"), aimed at preventing the use of shell companies for tax evasion and...more
Quick Summary. The People’s Republic of China is the world’s most populous country and carries a rich cultural tradition. China is the world’s largest exporter and the second largest economy. A unitary socialist republic,...more
The Mexican Congress approved with some adjustments the Tax Bill presented by the President on September 8, 2019, that included a proposal of Decree through which various provisions of the Income Tax Law, the Value Added Tax...more
EU developments - European Court rules that withholding tax exemptions under EU Directives can be denied by abuse of rights principle - At the end of February, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued...more
Background on the Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive - On January 1, 2019, the EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (“ATAD”) went into effect for all 28 Member States. ATAD is the European Commission’s response to the relevant Action...more
We set out below a recap of some of the key European and international tax developments to note at the start of 2019. This alert provides a brief summary of the following...more
The Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered the United Kingdom (“UK”) Budget for 2018 on 29 October 2018. The Budget was delivered against the backdrop of the UK’s negotiations with the European Union concerning Brexit. ...more
On October 26, 2017, the European Commission (EC) announced a formal State aid investigation into a U.K. exemption from U.K. anti-tax avoidance rules for certain transactions by multinational groups, the so-called Group...more
On April 2, in quick succession, the IRS and Treasury announced notices addressing two provisions added by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA): the repatriation tax under Section 965 and withholding on non-publicly traded...more
The Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice 2018-16 (the Notice) providing additional guidance regarding the transition tax in section 965 of the Internal Revenue Code of...more
On 26 October 2017, the European Commission (the Commission) opened an in-depth investigation into UK statutory rules that exempt certain financing income earned by foreign subsidiaries of UK corporate taxpayers from UK tax....more
Following the 2017 Budget presented before Parliament on 22 February 2017, the draft tax legislation for the specific tax proposals was released on 19 July 2017 for comment. Comments should be made by 18 August 2017. ...more
On November 3, 2016, the Treasury issued final regulations (T.D. 9792) that set forth guidance on when a controlled foreign corporation (CFC) has a deemed repatriation under Section 956 in ...more
We wrote in February (European Commission Publishes Anti Tax Avoidance Package) about the draft EU Anti Tax Avoidance Directive (“ATAD”). On 21st June 2016, the EU Council agreed on the final text of the ATAD and it will...more
On September 2, 2015, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued new temporary Treasury regulations addressing the application of Internal Revenue Code Section 956 to certain...more